ok, so i dont wanna spend time making a 3d skybox yet, cause i just wanna get my map working properly. right now all i did was put a box around my map with the material "sky" i went to the map properties and put in the "sky name" as "sky_dod_01" cause thats whatits called in GCFscape. but all i get is a black grid,so the lights dont work.

you need the tools/toolsskybox texture, not tools/sky.